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• Josh Villanueva
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Something I’ve been wanting to announce for quite a while now is this blog I’m doing for GMANews.tv. Do visit and leave a comment please.

I should probably first clarify that this does not mean I’m going to stop posting here, after all there’s plenty of material to go around. Consider the blog an extension of this one as well as a place to reach out to those who watch the segment on QTV 11. I’m very honored to be part of the GMA News Bloggers Network, and am excited about how this project can serve as a center for more interaction. There’s more coming. You’ll just have to stick around and find out for yourself.

Cheers.

Steve’s keynote is reportedly on the 9th. Is this the day we hear the 3G iPhone announcement?

GLOBE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TO SELL IPHONE IN THE PHILIPPINES

Apparently in preparation for Apple’s 3G iPhone announcement next month, more telecommunications companies around the globe are announcing deals with Apple to sell the iPhone in their respective countries. Till this weekend, South East Asia has pretty much been left off the map.

Today however Globe telecommunications, one of the top-two telcos in the Philippines posted this short announcement on their website:

Globe, SingTel, Bharti Airtel and Optus to bring iPhone to the region

Manila, 12 May 2008 – Globe, SingTel, Bharti Airtel and Optus today announced that they have signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to the Philippines, Singapore, India, and Australia later this year.

More information will be released at a later date.

A very reliable source inside Globe has confirmed this via SMS but asked not to be named. Apparently this is all they are able to say at the moment.

From the news release it appears SingTel will be selling the iPhone in Singapore. Bharti in India and Optus in Australia.

UPDATE: The same Globe source says that the iPhone might be available as early as September and that it will have new features that will benefit the text savvy Philippine market.

Singtel is reporting the exact same press release on their website.

Found this new program via TUAW the other day. LogicielMac is the Software Update equivalent for all your non-Mac apps. Its a nifty little program that resides on your menu bar and using it is as easy as these three steps.

1. Right click to check for updates.

Apparently I had plenty of outdated apps in my Applications folder.

2. Select which programs you want to update.

3. The updates download in the background. You can choose to have them install behind the scenes or for you to be prompted to install them manually.

• Lightning Review: Olympus TP-7 Cellphone Recording Mike Just added this to my “gadget wants” list…my only dilemma is if it is legal to use it in the Philippines. Looks like it could be a violation of the Anti-Wiretapping laws. (tags: earphone recording wiretapping gadget)
• FORTUNE: Apple 2.0 iPhone graphic: Apple’s new map of the world « I expect Asia to be next…it is very under represented. I don’t think we’re getting it officially in a long, long time. But am hoping that the biggest news of version 2.0 is that it won’t be locked anymore. (tags: iphone Apple)
• Facebook reported ready to lift 5,000-friends cap | Geek Gestalt - A blog by Daniel Terdiman - CNET News.com Doesn’t affect me until I become a web-celeb. (tags: Facebook socialnetworking)
• Wii Fit: the 30 day test starts today - Engadget Interesting to have found this online as I am looking for a local case study. (tags: wii nintendo fitness weightloss)
• Lightbulb that’s burned for 107 years Amazing! (tags: amazing light)
• Summary: What We Know About iPhone 2 | iLounge Article I sense iPhone 2.0 is coming very soon. Am very excited. (tags: iPhone)

• Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Tools to Get Blogging DoneGood batch of tips for bloggers. (tags: blog)
• Grand Theft Auto sales top Hollywood movieIf only I had a XBOX360/PS3 (tags: gaming)
• Download the Movie “Hitman” For FREE on iTunesWho doesn’t like FREE things. Hitman the movie based on the videogame. (tags: movie gaming)
• Twitter Starts Blacklisting SpammersThought this was interesting. Ederic and I were just talking about Twitter Followers. He says some follow you so you can follow them, and could be a form of spamming. Apparently there are others who do worse than that. (tags: twitter spam)
• Toilet Paper Wedding Dress
  Found this link from a Boing Boing Post (tags: weird)
• Facebook users willing to let employers see profilesThe entire idea about Facebook and Work is worth discussing and looked in to. (tags: facebook socialnetworking)

Funny that David Pogue mentions the case of the cracked iPhone on his New York Times column today. I was just going to say, “David I love you man, but you owe me a new iPhone!”

You see my iPhone has been through two “episodes” in its 10-month stint with me. The first was back in August, shortly after its purchase. Its battery had drained from normal use but no amount of charging would bring it back to life. Then last month, half conscious and jet lagged I dropped my phone out of a mini-van as I was about to step out. My iPhone fell face first, leaving a spider web-like crack on the glass.

What do these two events have in common? David Pogue!

You see David does this regular video podcast for NYT & CNBC and it is one of my favorites. And although I do/watch a lot of stuff on my iPhone, I just happened to be watching his video podcast right before both these events happened. Coincidence? I think not.

Back in August of last year while waiting for a rehearsal to start I was watching a piece he did on online video rentals. I did nothing else, put my iPhone in my bag only to find out later that it would never come back to life. Then last March I was sitting on a bench watching his piece on “green players” right before I was picked up to go to dinner. I did nothing else after that as well and the rest as you know is history.

My iPhone still works and I have a couple of new Pogue videos to watch - but I’m not touching them for now. So David if you get this message, send me an email and I’ll send you my address.
PS: I still love your iPhone Musical.

Was asked to do a story on Brian Gorrell today based on this video that he did for the 4th iBlog Summit. Instead of going into the issues that Brian raises on his site I decided to tackle a very relevant issue that Brian’s case brings up…are there bounds to the exercise of a bloggers freedom of speech?

Here’s the report that aired on News On Q on QTV Channel 11.